+0.15 points a game is the venue form gap, in Wigan Athletic's favour: Wigan Athletic takes 1.36 a game at home over the last two seasons, Reading 1.21 away.
Wigan Athletic: 50 league matches in the bank, 8 from this season and the rest from last season. Reading: 50 league matches in the bank, 9 from this season and the rest from last season.
The question this step asks
Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so.
The two sides
Wigan Athletic -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 1, drew 0, lost 3 of 4, scoring 3 and conceding 8. Last season at home: won 9, drew 4, lost 8 of 21, scoring 19 and conceding 16 -- 1.48 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: lost to Stevenage 0-1 away; lost to Wycombe Wanderers 0-1 at home; drew with Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 away; lost to Stockport County 0-4 at home; beat Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 at home.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 21 matches with one recorded (16, 5 apiece), most recently Gary Caldwell with 16. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Reading -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 1, drew 2, lost 1 of 4, scoring 8 and conceding 5. Last season away: won 6, drew 6, lost 8 of 20, scoring 28 and conceding 27 -- 1.20 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Milton Keynes Dons 5-1 away; drew with Bradford City 1-1 at home; drew with Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 away; beat Notts County 2-0 at home; lost to Cambridge United 1-2 away.
The dugout
The banked record belongs to the club, not one man: 2 different managers took its 19 matches with one recorded (16, 3 apiece), most recently Leam Richardson with 16. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Built 07:05 from matches completed before
kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator —
not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.